Paolo Corsico is a bioethicist. He holds a PhD in Bioethics and Medical Jurisprudence from the University of Manchester, an MSc in Bioethics from KU Leuven, RU Nijmegen, and University of Padua, and an MA in Philosophy of the Person and Bioethics from UCSC Milan. Prior to joining UTMB as a Visiting Scholar, he was a Research Associate at the University of Manchester where he worked in the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research and before that in the Department of Law. He also worked at the University of Oxford and at UCSC Milan.
Paolo has several research interests which lie at the intersection of bioethics, mental health ethics and law, and medical sociology. He is particularly interested in the ethical and legal issues surrounding the care of people who experience mental illness. He has worked on psychosis and schizophrenia. He is also interested in methodological issues in empirical bioethics, in research ethics, integrity, and research cultures, in the theory and practice of responsible research and innovation, and in the interaction of bioethics and science and technology studies. From a methodological standpoint, Paolo is a keen supporter of interdisciplinary and empirical approaches to bioethics. He has conducted qualitative research with mental health service users, carers, health professionals, researchers, industry professionals, and members of the public.